The Appling County Pirates (6-2 Overall, 5-0 Region 1-AAA) moved one step closer to a Region 1-AAA championship defeating the Beach High Bulldogs (0-7, 0-4) 38-7 on October 18. Before the contest an Air Evac team landed and presented the game ball for the homecoming game. During halftime Cayla Dyal was named the 2013 Homecoming Queen.

The Pirates have two more region games this season, first they will travel to Tattnall County (4-3, 2-2) on Friday, October 25, and after a bye-week, finish the regular season hosting Southeast Bulloch (5-1-1, 3-1) on November 8.
Tattnall County is coming off a bye-week after defeating Beach 21-12 on October 11 and is currently in fourth place in the region. Southeast Bulloch is coming off a 43-20 win over Brantley County (2-5, 1-3) and is currently in third place in the region. Brantley County’s one region loss came to Pierce County (7-1, 4-1) who is currently in second place in the region after defeating Johnson of Savannah (1-6, 1-3) 15-9.

Scoring recap

Derrix Henry opened the scoring for the Pirates on a two-yard touchdown run at the 6:10 mark of the first quarter. The extra point attempt was blocked making the score 6-0.

Pirate quarterback Vernon Dasher was the next to score on a nine-yard touchdown run. Dasher added the two-point conversion to make the score 14-0 early in the second quarter.

The next score for the Pirates came on a 49-yard touchdown run by Cassius Fedrick. Israel Jaramillo added the extra point to increase the Pirate lead to 21-0 with 7:04 remaining in the second quarter.

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